6 posts categorized "bowery ballroom"

09/30/2010

Tame Impala won't soon get off my most played list of 2010, thanks to their stunning debut, Innerspeaker. Champions of messy and fuzzy synthed out garage-rock, the Aussies know how to make loose sounds echo so tightly, and that fact is most evident in album track, Lucidity.

There's a great story behind the making of the new video for the aforementioned track, which you can read all about here, and includes tales of weather balloons, flights, spinning, and the like. Or you can watch the new clip for Lucidity below. The choice is yours really.

Also, after the vid, grab the Canyons remix of Tame Impala's Half Glass Full Of Wine. It pretty much slays faces.

05/19/2010

By way of Phoenix, the now Brooklyn-based Miniature Tigers sync up with Philly lads, Free Energy, for a night of rad tunes rooted in power, pop and precision. Beginning next week, the two bands will hit the States on a 10-city tour, which covers everything from Texas straight to our Eastern shores.

Gearing up for their sophomore album, Fortress (July 27), Miniature Tigers hit the road to preview the super slices of awesome held within the disc. Snagging skills from Neon Indian and Morning Benders, the lads have also recently released the Alan Palomo-produced Gold Skull. You can eat up the mp3 below.

Next weekend, the bands come through Bowery Ballroom. Do your ears a favor and get yourt ticket game on at this link. All tour dates below.

05/11/2010

Took a bit of a breather from writing a review on this site, so I dished out some radness to the cool cats of East Village Radio. I checked out the Ane Brun and Ólöf Arnalds bill at Bowery Ballroom last night, and you can read all about it, including interviews with both ladies, at this link.

05/07/2010

I couldn't be kicking myself harder for not snagging a ticket to Local Natives' sold out shows at Bowery Ballroom last night and again this evening. After repeated listens of their brilliant album, Gorilla Manor, and then catching them at SXSW this year, I've become the biggest "Native-ite"...prompting friends to give a go at them with any opportune moment.

Thankfully, last night the LA boys dropped by, in pre-recorded fashion, the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Performing their song, Airplanes, this is as good as we'll get to seeing them live, until they hit The Beach at Governor's Island here on August 7. Tickets here.

So let's watch the video together, console each other if you're not going to tonight's gig either. But hey, if someone just miraculously somehow wanted to throw me a ticket to the show, I wouldn't say no.

04/28/2010

Retro styled pop music and graphic novels. They go hand-in-hand, right? If you furiously shook your head no, then you're probably in the same "hmm, say what?" boat as I am. Thankfully, we've got a bit of info on the fantastic VV Brown, some upcoming live shows, as well as the debut of her new line of graphic novels and comic books.

First up, if you're not headed to Brown's show at Bowery Ballroom...well, you probably should be. Tickets are still available here, and the London lass puts on a great show, with a set of dynamic pipes to match. If you find yourself in another town in the near future, let's hope it's one of the 3 below.

Now on to the more "randomer" part of this post. Yep, VV Brown is a huge fan of graphic novels and comic books and as a result of this passion, she has created her very own comic book series, titled City of Abacus, which is due to be published and released beginning May 7, 2010. Check out the cover here as well as an exclusive peek inside the pages of the series. I'm intrigued!